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“It’s about trying to offer something else and something extra. If you visit the shop you’re not in a rush. You can have a drink, you can play your vinyl.

“We are going to have a vinyl evening once a month where people can bring their records in so you can play them and have a chat and also have a bit of the old Rubber Soul sessions that we used to do.

“I’m a big champion of local music. We used to put on shows but hopefully here we can get solo artists or duos and get some live music in the shop. It’s quite groovy to play in a record shop.”

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Robert said he will be using a quarter of his shop to make room for the bar.

He said: “My licence is only minimal – from 11am to 10:30pm but I won’t be using all of that and it’s not going to be every day. It’s not going to be a pub environment because that is well-served elsewhere. It will be for vinyl collectors who want to be chilled out and comfortable.